Session #58 802.16 Maintenance Task Group Closing Plenary Report IEEE 802.16 Presentation Submission Template (Rev. 9) Document Number: IEEE 802.16maint-08/028r1 Date Submitted: 2008-11-13 Source: Jon Labs Voice: +1 514 684 0200 x325 Wavesat, Inc. E-mail: jlabs@wavesat.com 1375 Trans-Canada Hwy Dorval, QC H9P 2W8 Venue: Session #58 Maintenance Task Group Closing Plenary Report Base Contribution: N/A Purpose: For review Notice: This document does not represent the agreed views of the IEEE 802.16 Working Group or any of its subgroups. It represents only the views of the participants listed in the “Source(s)” field above. It is offered as a basis for discussion. It is not binding on the contributor(s), who reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein. Release: The contributor grants a free, irrevocable license to the IEEE to incorporate material contained in this contribution, and any modifications thereof, in the creation of an IEEE Standards publication; to copyright in the IEEE’s name any IEEE Standards publication even though it may include portions of this contribution; and at the IEEE’s sole discretion to permit others to reproduce in whole or in part the resulting IEEE Standards publication. The contributor also acknowledges and accepts that this contribution may be made public by IEEE 802.16. Patent Policy: The contributor is familiar with the IEEE-SA Patent Policy and Procedures: <http://standards.ieee.org/guides/bylaws/sect6-7.html#6> and <http://standards.ieee.org/guides/opman/sect6.html#6.3>. Further information is located at <http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-material.html> and <http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat >.

Session #58 802.16 Maintenance Task Group Closing Plenary Report November 13, 2008 Chair: Jon Labs Chief Editor: Joe Schumacher

Activities of the Week 6 sessions: Attendance: 40 ±20 people Tuesday 13:00-18:00 Tuesday 17:30-22:00 Wednesday 8:00-12:00 Wednesday 13:00-18:00 Thursday 8:00-12:00 Thursday 13:00-19:45 Attendance: 40 ±20 people

Activities of the Week Administrative: Approved agenda (IEEE 802.16maint-08/027r1). Approved minutes from Session #57 (IEEE 802.16maint-08/022r1) Reviewed the IEEE Patent Policy: http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.pdf Recorded minutes → IEEE 802.16maint-08/026 (to be uploaded to Maintenance directory)

Resolution of Comments for Rev2 SB R1 IEEE 802.16-08/054r2 (in WG upload dir) Technical Binding: 44 Editorial Binding: 3 Technical Non-Binding: 101 Editorial Non-Binding: 73 General: 5 Total: 227 ~45 contributions to be considered Resolution summary: 122 Agree 68 Principle (includes comments authors withdrew) 37 Disagree 0 Out of Scope 0 Unresolvable

Rev2 Development Plan between Session #58 and #59 Dec 1: Generate and release Rev2/D7a (delta version), D8 (clean version) Dec 4: Initiate Sponsor Recirc Ballot Dec 20: Sponsor Recirc Ballot closes (~15 days) Dec 21: Open call for reply comments Jan 9: Close call for reply comments Jan 12-15: Resolve comments at Session #59

Resolution of Comments TG Motions To accept the database IEEE 802.16-08/054r2 as the comment resolutions from the Rev2 Sponsor Ballot Recirc R1. (18/0/0) To authorize the editor to generate the document P802.16Rev2/D8 according to the resolutions in IEEE 802.16-08/054r2. (17/0/0)

Motion TG Chair has been authorized by the task group (12/0/0) to make the motion: “To accept the resolutions of the comments from the Rev2 Sponsor Ballot Recirc R1, as recorded in IEEE 802.16-08/054r2, to develop draft P802.16Rev2/D8 according to those resolutions, and to initiate a Sponsor Recirculation Ballot.”

Motion TG Chair has been authorized by the task group (11/0/0) to make the motion: “To request conditional approval from the 802 EC to forward P802.16Rev2 draft to RevCom.”

Other Activities Drafted and reviewed Liaison Statement L802.16-08/077 (uploaded to the Liaison Directory)

Motion TG Chair has been authorized by the task group (10/0/0) to make the motion: “To forward L802.16-08/077d1 to the WG as the proposed Liaison statement to the WiMAX Forum in response to L802.16-08/065, with editorial modifications supplied by the WG Chair.”

SB Disapprove Voter Status Disapprove Balloters (have yet not indicated an intent to flip vote in the next SB Recirc): Phillip Barber Sean Cai Erik Colban Hyunjeong Kang Sang Youb Kim Roger Marks Maximilian Riegel Kenneth Stanwood 158 Approve / 8 Disapprove / 14 Abstain  95.2 % Approval